We need to reframe the conversation on public and low cost housing. It's not about providing homes for only the deserving or the hardworking. The tough reality is that a lot of people on the street right now are happy enough living on the street. Demanding that you only give housing to people who can make it through a treatment program or find gainful employment means most of them are still going to be on the street.

Even if you are only completely motivated by selfish desires, we want these people off the street for our benefit. It make cities nicer and America safer.

Yes, these places are going to be drug infested slums. But it's still a good idea and I want my tax dollars to go towards it.

And if we can add in some market-based options and give down-and-out humans the option of self-selecting to nicer facilities and working their way up to something better in life, all the better.